[20062] in APO-L
Re: Bids in APhiO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kegan J. Baird)
Fri Jan 29 11:49:25 1999
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:49:53 -0700
Reply-To: Kegan Baird <kxbaird@USWEST.COM>
From: "Kegan J. Baird" <kxbaird@USWEST.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Just to toss in my two cents worth on the issue, let me begin by saying that
none of the three chapters here in Colorado have any kind of a bid process. The
pledges at two of the chapters are told when and where the pledge ceremony will
occur, and if they show up, they are pledged. The other chapter has a retreat
that is all but mandatory for the pledges, and they hold the ceremony then.
Having said that, let me say that I am in favor of instituting a bid system, but
not as a kind of restriction. I believe that bids should be given out to all
interested pledges as a way of giving them each a written invitation to the
pledge ceremony. If the individual chapter chooses to implement something
similar to the preliminary 5 hour requirement of ADI, so be it, but I think that
an invitation by way of a written bid is a classy and professional way to invite
prospectives to pledge. Preferably, they should be hand-written and
hand-delivered, but anything you can put together that shows that you really
want people to pledge will undoubtedly help with retention of pledges.
-Kegan Baird
Sec.30 Chair
